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Robert J. Shepherd

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Honors and International Affairs

Building X 203
2112 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-6953
Fax: (202) 994-6097
E-mail: rsheper@gwu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., George Mason University

Expertise:

Tourism, cultural heritage issues, side effects of market changes in China

Background:

Bob Shepherd holds a B.A. in political science and history from the University of Delaware, an M.A. in history from Northeastern University, and a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from George Mason University. He began to teach courses at George Washington University in 2003, and was appointed an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Honors in 2006. Before this, Dr. Shepherd spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Nepal, three years teaching at a United Nations educational training institute in Beijing, China, and two years helping design and implement a national technical training program in Java, Indonesia. He has also led studyabroad programs to China and Tibet, and worked with the University of Virginia's"Semester at Sea" program.

Dr. Shepherd's work on tourism, cultural heritage issues, and the side effects of market changes in China has appeared in Southeast Asia Research, Consumption, Markets, and Culturez,, the International Journal of Cultural Studies, and the Journal of Contemporary Asia, among other publications. His current research interests focus on the privatization of public and communal space on Chinese university campuses, and the structure and logic of cultural and festive marketplaces. He recently completed a manuscript entitled, When Culture Goes to the Market: The Politics of Space, Place and Identity in an Urban Marketplace. This summer he will lead a GW study-abroad program in Beijing.

Courses Taught:

Anth 150 Human Rights and Ethics
Anth 151 Anthropology of Development
Anth 175 East Asian Cultures
Anth 222 Anthropology of Tourism
Honr 15 Freshman Pro-Seminar
Honr 42 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Honr 175 Modernization and Development

Last update: 02.08.07